McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator HTTP Server Source Header Remote Overflow

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3766

Synopsis

The remote host is running a vulnerable version of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator.

Description

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host due to a flaw in the web service. The remote host is running McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator. The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted packet to the remote host. A successful exploitation of this vulnerability would result in remote code execution with the privileges of the SYSTEM.

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.5.0 Patch 6 or higher.

See Also

http://www.remote-exploit.org/advisories/mcafee-epo.pdf

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 3766

Family: Web Servers

Published: 10/2/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 22494

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator / ProtectionPilot Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5156

BID: 20288